Flight of the diamond smugglers, Frank, Matthew Gavin
Автор: Nozik Arthur J., Conibeer Gavin, Beard Matthew C. Название: Advanced Concepts in Photovoltaics ISBN: 1849735913 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849735919 Издательство: Royal Society of Chemistry Рейтинг: Цена: 36960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Автор: Matthew Frank, Jessica Reinisch Название: Refugees in Europe, 1919-1959: A Forty Years` Crisis? ISBN: 1472585615 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472585615 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5384.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume offers a new history of Europe's mid-20th century as seen through the lens of its recurrent refugee crises. Borrowing from and adapting E. H. Carr's The Twenty Years' Crisis, the editors of this volume conceive of the two post-war eras as a single 'forty years' crisis', which enables them not only to explore the continuities and disjunctures across the period but also to challenge established historiographical certainties and master narratives.
As the essays in this volume show, the story of the 'forty years' crisis' can be told in very different ways: as one of upheaval, disintegration and suffering, or as one of newly emerging national and international solutions and possibilities; as a 'top-down' history of nations, institutions and policies, or as a 'bottom-up' history of refugees, relief workers and refugee advocates; by assessing the historical developments themselves or their historiographical afterlives. This volume is unique in that it brings these different perspectives together and provides a coherent intellectual framework within which they can be made sense of.
Refugees in Twentieth-Century Europe represents the first comprehensive treatment of refugees in Europe of this breadth and depth for over a generation. It will provide an indispensable research guide for students of migration, nationalism and international diplomacy in 20th-century Europe, and an up-to-date overview of current research for specialists. As such it will make a major contribution to European and international history.
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Автор: Gavin Frank, Matthew Название: Flight of the diamond smugglers ISBN: 1785788884 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785788888 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1741.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `Ghost towns, corporate cruelty, the centuries-old relationship betweenhumans and a species almost magical in its abilities ... fabulous.` - The New YorkTimes
For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed "overmined" and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market. Immediately, he became intrigued by the ingenious methods used in facilitating smuggling?particularly, the illegal act of sneaking carrier pigeons onto mine property, affixing diamonds to their feet, and sending them into the air.
Entering Die Sperrgebiet ("The Forbidden Zone") is like entering an eerie ghost town, but Frank is surprised by the number of people willing--even eager--to talk with him. Soon he meets Msizi, a young diamond digger, and his pigeon, Bartholomew, who helps him steal diamonds. It's a deadly game: pigeons are shot on sight by mine security, and Msizi knows of smugglers who have disappeared because of their crimes. For this, Msizi blames "Mr. Lester," an evil tall-tale figure of mythic proportions.
From the mining towns of Alexander Bay and Port Nolloth, through the "halfway" desert, to Kleinzee's shores littered with shipwrecks, Frank investigates a long overlooked story. Weaving interviews with local diamond miners who raise pigeons in secret with harrowing anecdotes from former heads of security, environmental managers, and vigilante pigeon hunters, Frank reveals how these feathered bandits became outlaws in every mining town.
Interwoven throughout this obsessive quest are epic legends in which pigeons and diamonds intersect, such as that of Krishna's famed diamond Koh-i-Noor, the Mountain of Light, and that of the Cherokee serpent Uktena. In these strange connections, where truth forever tangles with the lore of centuries past, Frank is able to contextualize the personal grief that sent him, with his wife Louisa in the passenger seat, on this enlightening journey across parched lands.
Blending elements of reportage, memoir, and incantation, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers is a rare and remarkable portrait of exploitation and greed in one of the most dangerous areas of coastal South Africa. With his sovereign prose and insatiable curiosity, Matthew Gavin Frank "reminds us that the world is a place of wonder if only we look" (Toby Muse).
Автор: , Elliott Matthew, Davis Darren G. Название: Tribute: Frank Capra ISBN: 1948216183 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781948216180 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1470.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Автор: Cordelia Beattie, Matthew Frank Stevens Название: Married Women and the Law in Premodern Northwest Europe ISBN: 1843838338 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843838333 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 12672.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Fresh approaches to how premodern women were viewed in legal terms, demonstrating how this varied from country to country and across the centuries.
Автор: Attard Camilleri, Frank-luke Matthew Название: Application of the high seas regime in the exclusive economic zone ISBN: 0761869506 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780761869504 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15863.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the relationship between the high seas regime and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It evaluates the applicability of the high seas freedom of navigation, freedom of overflight and the freedom to lay submarine cables and pipelines in the EEZ.
Описание: A journey into ones mind is an exploration of the universe itself. A schizophrenic galaxy is a reality we live in. My thoughts led me into a walk down the electric roads in my mind, it was the winter that kept our love warm, Elysian fields of our extraterrestrial love. I hold you closer near the Arc de Triomphe where you justify the essence of a French kiss. We swift down Victor Hugo as my collar dances with your hair. We lay dazzled in Sainte-Chapelle screaming for your music, mesmerized by immortal trees, by weak leaves. Just like the soul you rescued, an infinite soul. A journey into ones mind is an exploration of our souls
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